Lan Yu
In 1990s Beijing, university student Lan Yu and businessman Chen Handong forge a deep bond amid a rapidly changing society. Their relationship, tender yet vulnerable, beautifully illustrates the tension between societal pressures and personal affection. Stanley Kwan captures their story with gentle sincerity and historical poignancy.
1990年代的北京，大学生蓝宇与商人陈悍东在时代变迁的夹缝中相遇、相知与相爱。然而，社会的现实与情感的脆弱逐渐侵蚀着他们的关系，使之美丽而哀伤。关锦鹏以细腻、真诚的叙事，勾勒出充满历史沉重感与人性温柔的爱情。
“Lan Yu” exhibits the usual issues of Kwan’s cinema, but the portrayal of the relationship, the acting, and the cinematography are so great, that the faults are barely noticeable in the end, in a rather excellent movie.” (Asian Movie Pulse)
“It’s a wise, moving love story–marred only by a rather arbitrary twist of fate at the end–played out with an emotional honesty that would be unusual and adventurous in any language.” (Newsweek)
Sun, Sept 7 • Doors 2:20 pm • Film 2:45 pm
Rio Theatre
1660 East Broadway, Vancouver, BC
